Apparently, if you're getting an Uber on a Monday you're most likely to leave behind your charger, cardholder or glasses - makes sense if you're heading into the office with a severe case of the Monday morning haze where nothing is quite right until you've had your morning coffee and caught up with your colleagues.
Tuesdays are the most family friendly, with prams, baby bottles, baby car seats and dummies the most common items left behind. Not quite sure given the size of a pram it's easy to miss unless it's stored in the boot though?
On to hump day, where we're all jet setting - apparently. On a Wednesday the most common items left behind are passports and books.
Thursday must be a forgetful person's food shop day as most groceries are top of the list of most missed items, as well as laptops.
Now the weekend comes round and, you can guess it, it's those night out essentials dropped down the sides and left inside your Uber. Friday that's bags and cash; Saturday it'll be keys and ID, as well as clothes and Sunday, the day of the week that people are most likely to leave items behind, it's makeup, wallets, phones and earrings.
And as for the most unique items left behind, Uber's narrows that down into a top 50 list that we can only assume is listed exactly as the person has that's lost them has described them...
Danny DeVito Christmas ornament
MY DOG IS IN THE CAR!!! A toy poodle.
Blue cap that says ‘i love the smell of jet fuel in the morning’
Fog machine
Some bowling rags
Ankle monitor
My unicycle
16 oz of fake blood
A printer and remote-controlled vibrator
A pin with Jesus holding slice of pizza
Small camping stove and my funeral pamphlets
Stainless steel gua sha tool
Cat collar that says ‘Maui’ on it
My calculator and my tacos
Small stone carved whales
Sentimental green pen
Statue of Liberty green foam crown
A lightsaber
Tamagotchi, light blue, egg shaped. And nuts.
My hamsters are in her car
Hermes scarves
1/2 a gallon of Fireball
Mannequin wig head
6 cheesecakes
My happy sauce
Britney spears fantasy perfume
‘Taming of the Shrew’ by Shakespeare
2 fingernails
A fire sword.
A small, felt, stuffed animal that I made
Two painted rat traps
Tattoo ink and gold antlers
A power of attorney document issued by Turkish consulate
2 Pet Turtles
Packets and bundles of fake hair
I lost my girlfriend
Bidet
lotion and chicken wings
I left a slab of bluefin tuna for sushi on the floorboard of the back seat.
One Gucci loafer
Rash cream
An important pregnancy test
Self-respect, mostly.
A feather
Foley catheter insertion tray kit
Slushy machine
Paintings of my wife
Weight loss surgery guide
Horns and a viking helmet
My friends fake tooth
With all this talk of lost property, if you do lose anything whilst taking an Uber, the company recommends heading over to the dedicated help page on the Uber website which outlines the steps you need to take.
First Bus is partnering with Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust to support vulnerable women during pregnancy.
The bus operator is providing an incredible 1,000 day tickets to help vulnerable mums-to-be make appointments.
The free travel passes can be provided by maternity teams to women mainly from minority or disadvantaged communities, helping them to attent important check-ups and appointments.
A recent review of records estimates that 100 pregnant women every month struggle to make hospital appointments as they have no access to funding support or face other barriers to transport.
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First Bus will provide 100 day tickets per month until March 2027 for midwives to distribute to women based on travel needs following a financial assessment which is carried out during their initial appointment with the maternity team.
Nada Abdul-Majid, Specialist Midwife Health Equity at the Trust, said: “I’ve seen first-hand how women struggle to get to their hospital appointments if they don’t have enough money to use public transport.
“Our Haamla team carry out home visits to these vulnerable women however, it is important that families are able to travel to the hospital for scans, doctors’ appointments, labour and obstetric emergencies.”
Zoe Hands, Managing Director of First Bus Franchising which includes the West Yorkshire region, said: “Supporting communities in the areas we serve means, where we can, being able to assist people in all stages of life. Nothing can be more important than helping to ensure the health and welfare of mothers-to-be and the benefits this will bring to their newborn children.
“We’re pleased to be working in partnership with the Trust and seeing the positive impact our travel support can make to the lives of vulnerable women in Leeds.
“We’re really grateful to First Bus for providing these tickets for women so they can receive maternity care without worrying about the cost of travel to and from appointments,” added Nada. “This will make a real difference to mothers and babies.”
Channel 4 is looking for adult virgins with ‘intimacy issues’ for next series of hit reality show
Emily Sergeant
Channel 4 is back looking for more adult virgins to take part in the potential next series of its hit reality show Virgin Island.
If you’re unfamiliar with Virgin Island, it’s unlike anything ever seen on TV before.
First hitting screens back in 2024 and having run for two successful seasons now, Virgin Island follows the journey of a group of adult virgins who are whisked off to a Mediterranean island retreat to learn life-changing skills in the art of intimacy.
Working with leading international therapists, the aim is to help the young people overcome their fears and insecurities when it comes to intimacy and sex.
Channel 4 said it chose to commission the show after a recent study into intimacy found out that one in eight British 26-year-olds is, apparently, still a virgin.
A casting call for the new series on the Channel 4 website reads: “Are you a virgin and do you need help and guidance with your fears and insecurities around intimacy and sex? Double Act Productions is casting adults for a potential second series of Virgin Island.”
You just need to be over 21 years of age to take part in the show.
Fancy it then? Or know someone who may be up for the ride? Applications for the potential next series of Virgin Island are now open, and there’s still plenty of time left to put your name down.
You can find out more and register your interest here.
Sophie Smith -
27th June 2023 
